(Posting as a self-answered question to share a technique I discovered)
In a certain project, I have many function definitions in which all parameters should be optional and come with default values. ...

Are there functions, programs or packages that deal with optimizing mathematica code i.e. re-writing ineffecive or convoluted code.
-This question has haunted me since I joined SE.
The background for ...

I'd like to define a function of three variables which produces a new, named function of a single variable, where this final variable is not a member of the first three. So I'd like something where I ...

I write a lot of scripts in Mathematica and I'd like to eliminate the boilerplate that parses command-line arguments and assigns them to variables of the correct type before doing the real work. I was ...

Being functional, and having no "quotation", i.e. essentially treating data and programs semantically same, Mathematica seems naturally capable of doing metaprogramming. But could anyone construct a ...

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